Shloka 146

Bhīma–Hanūmān Dialogue on Yugas (युगवर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ााभारत वनपर्वके अन्तर्गत तीर्थयात्रापर्वमें लोमशतीर्थयात्राके प्रसंगमें भीमसेनका कदलीवनमें प्रवेशविषयक एक सौ छियालीसवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraṁ śrīmahābhārate vanaparvake antargata tīrthayātrāparvaṇi lomaśatīrthayātrāprasange bhīmasenasya kadalīvanapraveśaviṣayaka ekaśataṣaṭcatvāriṁśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

So endet das hundertsechsundvierzigste Kapitel des Tīrthayātrā-Abschnitts innerhalb der Vana Parva des Śrī Mahābhārata, im Zusammenhang mit Lomāśas Pilgererzählung, das Bhīmasenas Eintritt in den Kadali-Hain schildert. Dieses Kolophon markiert einen Übergang: Die heilige Reise geht weiter, und Bhīmas Tat—das Betreten eines aufgeladenen, oft bewachten oder wunderbaren Waldraums—bereitet weitere Begegnungen vor, in denen Kraft erprobt und Verhalten am Maß des dharma gemessen wird, mitten in der Askese des Exils.

Word by Word

इतिthus; end-quote marker

प्रकारेणin this manner; by this way

श्रीrevered; auspiciousness (honorific)

महाभारतेin the Mahabharata

वनपर्वणिin the Vana Parva

अन्तर्गतincluded; contained within

तीर्थयात्रापर्वणिin the Tirthayatra Parva

लोमशतीर्थयात्राप्रसङ्गेin the episode of Lomasha's pilgrimage

भीमसेनस्यof Bhimasena

कदलीवनप्रवेशविषयकःconcerning the entry into the Kadali forest

एकशतषट्चत्वारिंशत्तमःone hundred forty-sixth

अध्यायःchapter

समाप्तःcompleted; finished

अभवत्was; became

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Śrī Mahābhārata

Vana Parva

Tīrthayātrā-parvan

Lomāśa

Bhīmasena (Bhīma)

Kadalīvana (Kadali grove)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

As a colophon, the line does not teach through a direct maxim; it frames the ethical atmosphere of the pilgrimage narrative: sacred travel and forest encounters are arenas where power (Bhīma’s strength) must operate under dharma—self-control, respect for sacred spaces, and readiness to face trials without abandoning righteous conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text marks the completion of a chapter in the Vana Parva’s pilgrimage section, specifically the episode (prasanga) in Lomāśa’s tīrtha-journey account that concerns Bhīmasena’s entry into the Kadali grove, preparing the reader for the next development in the journey narrative.